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Another piece in the jigsaw - Google eyes tours and activities
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Another piece in the jigsaw - Google eyes tours and activities
By Kevin May | December 6, 2013
Google is exploring how it might integrate attractions, tours and activities at a deeper level into search and other products, along similar lines to its push into hotels. Tnooz understands a numbe Read More
How to take advantage of multi-location local search
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How to take advantage of multi-location local search
By PhocusWire | December 5, 2013
MARKETING: Search marketing was a relatively complicated discipline even before Google (and its ilk) introduced such services as Local and Maps. Now businesses, especially those on the ground and ca Read More
Google creates a Cyber Monday for travel brands in India
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Google creates a Cyber Monday for travel brands in India
By Karthick Prabu | December 4, 2013
After venturing into non-core domains like driver-less cars and technology enabled glasses, now Google has ventured into the online deals business in India. Google's Great Online Shopping Festival Read More
What can we learn from the mobile app graveyard?
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What can we learn from the mobile app graveyard?
By PhocusWire | December 3, 2013
DEVICES: Take a look at the app charts on sites such as Appnostic and it quickly becomes clear that many travel apps have such low retention or download rates that many must be wondering "why bother Read More
Marketers: Latest stats show Apple continuing to dominate mobile advertising impressions
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Marketers: Latest stats show Apple continuing to dominate mobile advertising impressions
By Nick Vivion | December 3, 2013
Apple continues to dominate the mobile advertising space, according to mobile advertising sales platform AdFonic's third quarter statistics. This growth in share is significant, especially given in Read More
Bringing the offline travel agency to the web (through acquisitions)
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Bringing the offline travel agency to the web (through acquisitions)
By Viewpoints | December 2, 2013
Online travel has grown up. It’s now a mainstream market, with UK consumers alone making 3.2 million searches for travel in May 2013. NB: This is an analysis from Peter Panteli, commercial director Read More
A quick guide to advanced content marketing
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A quick guide to advanced content marketing
By PhocusWire | December 1, 2013
MARKETING: If SEO and general content issues for a web brand were the disciplines of the late-2000s, then content marketing has become the buzz phrase for 2013. Yet content marketing is not, as some Read More
Aldous Huxley would be proud - the Brave New World of SEO
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Aldous Huxley would be proud - the Brave New World of SEO
By PhocusWire | November 29, 2013
MARKETING: Luckily, wiser heads prevail to counteract those (opportunists?) who continually remind marketers that the fine art of SEO is on the way out. It isn't. What is happening to content and us Read More
Google Hummingbird update - a quick guide for travel marketers
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Google Hummingbird update - a quick guide for travel marketers
By Viewpoints | November 28, 2013
The Google Hummingbird update is aimed at promoting "conversational search" by paying more attention to the user intent behind a query whilst processing each word in a sentence or conversation. NB: Read More
Beyond the Zero to the Ultimate Moment of Truth in marketing
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Beyond the Zero to the Ultimate Moment of Truth in marketing
By PhocusWire | November 18, 2013
MARKETING: Analytics, data and other massively improved techniques have made marketing THE discipline at the heart of travel, with theories such as Google's Zero Moment of Truth hugely important ide Read More
Crazy idea - but is THIS finally a way forward for travel innovation?
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Crazy idea - but is THIS finally a way forward for travel innovation?
By Alex Kremer | November 13, 2013
As 2013 comes to a close, we’ve seen another year’s worth of travel startups trying – and in most cases failing – to gain traction. To long-time observers of travel, this is of course not a surpris Read More
Moses muses - the Ten Commandments of content marketing
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Moses muses - the Ten Commandments of content marketing
By PhocusWire | November 12, 2013
MARKETING: Content marketing is the buzz phrase on the lips of many a digital specialist (or guru) over the past few years. But, typically for a reasonably youthful discipline, best approaches to ta Read More
Follow up: YouTube's tips on video marketing for airlines
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Follow up: YouTube's tips on video marketing for airlines
By Nick Vivion | November 8, 2013
Here's a quick follow-up from our video marketing article from earlier this week that looked at the ways that airlines are using video to market on YouTube. Especially given the mainstream media su Read More
Get a grip - it is not the death of SEO (only free keywords)
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Get a grip - it is not the death of SEO (only free keywords)
By PhocusWire | November 8, 2013
MARKETING: When Google sneezes, digital marketers tend to reach for their handkerchiefs. That's the way the world of SEO works. But whilst "death of SEO" is a catchy phrase to use in the tech media Read More
Gatwick Airport has a claim to fame - largest use of Google Indoor Streetview
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Gatwick Airport has a claim to fame - largest use of Google Indoor Streetview
By Kevin May | November 7, 2013
London's Gatwick Airport has scored a (what will no doubt be a temporary) high number on the PR front after being named as Google's largest implementation of the indoor versions of Maps and Streetview Read More
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